The solemn opening of the 34th session of the Provincial People's Council, term 17, period 2021 - 2026

Leaders of the Provincial People's Council chair the session.

The opening session saw the presence of comrades: Tran Quoc Toan, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee; Tran Quoc Van, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Pham Quang Ngoc, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Members of the Provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board, leaders of the Provincial People's Council, the Provincial People's Committee, the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee; leaders of departments, branches, localities; delegates of the Provincial People's Council, leaders of wards and communes.

The provincial leaders and delegates attend the Session.

In his opening speech, comrade Tran Quoc Van, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council emphasized: 2025 is a pivotal year with an especially large workload after Hung Yen and Thai Binh provinces officially merged. With the close leadership of the Provincial Party Committee; the drastic participation of the entire political system; the sense of responsibility of the staff, civil servants, and public employees; the efforts of the business community and the consensus of the people, Hung Yen province has overcome difficulties, maintained the growth rate in most areas; the investment environment continued to improve; procedures for new industrial parks and industrial clusters were accelerated; social security was ensured; national defense and security were maintained; the material and spiritual life of the people continued to improve.

Comrade Tran Quoc Van, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council delivers the opening speech of the Session.

For the good quality of the Session, the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council requested the delegates to focus on comprehensively and objectively assessing the results of 2025, and in-depth discussing the socio-economic development goals in 2026. The targets on GRDP, budget revenue, public investment, high-tech industrial development, digital transformation, education - health care, etc. must both demonstrate determination and ensure feasibility, creating a strong shift in the economic structure and local governance. Along with that, thoroughly consider the public investment plan in 2026, in which priority is given to investment in regional infrastructure projects, horizontal and vertical transport, seaport infrastructure, logistics infrastructure, urban - industrial wastewater treatment, school projects, health care and urgent public works. To pay attention to and carefully analyze the new mechanisms and policies identified as core contents for Hung Yen to form new competitive advantages after the merger, ensuring feasibility, effectiveness, and suitability with the reality of the province.

The Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also requested delegates, departments, and branches to improve the quality of questioning and increase accountability, in which delegates of the Provincial People's Council need to directly and accurately state the issues of concern to voters; at the same time, request relevant agencies to respond clearly, with a roadmap, and commitment to resolve; absolutely avoid the situation of avoiding and shirking responsibility. The contents of commitments at the Session must be closely monitored in the coming time.

At the Session, on behalf of the Standing members of the Provincial People's Council, Comrade Vu Ngoc Tri, Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council reported on the synthesis of opinions and recommendations of voters sent to the Session.

Comrade Vu Ngoc Tri, Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council reports on the synthesis of opinions and recommendations of voters sent to the Session.

On behalf of the Provincial People's Committee, Comrade Nguyen Le Huy, Member of the Provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee reported on the implementation of the socio-economic development plan in 2025 and the goals, tasks and solutions in 2026 and the draft Resolution on socio-economic development tasks in 2026.

Comrade Nguyen Le Huy, Member of the Provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee reports on the implementation of the socio-economic development plan in 2025 and the goals, tasks and solutions in 2026

In 2025, the total product in the province is estimated to reach 166,106 billion VND, seeing an increase of 8.78% compared to 2024 (in the top 10 nationwide). The total production value is estimated to reach 633,434 billion VND, an increase of 10.37% compared to 2024. The value of industrial and construction production is estimated to reach 508,567 billion VND, an increase of 11.36% compared to 2024. The value of service production is estimated to reach 79,949 billion VND, an increase of 7.99%; total retail sales of goods and service revenue is estimated to reach 229,451 billion VND, an increase of 9.5%; export turnover reached 11,968 million USD, up 15.1% compared to 2024. The value of agricultural, forestry and fishery production is estimated at 44,918 billion VND, up 4.05% compared to 2024. GRDP per capita is estimated at 99 million VND. Budget revenue in the area increased sharply with an estimated implementation of 82,122 billion VND, exceeding the assigned estimate.

Promotion activities and investment attraction in the province have been promoted. The investment environment of the province has been increasingly improved, creating attractiveness for both domestic and foreign investors. As of 11 months of 2025, the whole province attracted 334 new investment projects and 253 projects with adjusted capital increases with a total new and increased capital reaching 174,000 billion VND and over 2.33 billion USD.

Health, education and training, science and technology, culture, sports and communication have changed positively, social security is focused; the material and spiritual life of the people is improved. Over 95% of the population participates in health insurance; the number of doctors per 10,000 people is 12.1 doctors; 88% of kindergartens, primary schools, and high schools in both public and non-public sectors meet national standards; the poverty rate has decreased to 0.9%.

In 2026, Hung Yen province sets the main target for economic development: The growth rate of gross regional domestic product (GRDP) reaches 10 - 10.5%. GRDP scale reaches 360,000 billion VND. GRDP per capita reaches 110 million VND. The growth rate of production value reaches 12-12.5%. Total social investment capital in the area reaches 175,000 billion VND. State budget revenue in the area reaches 84,250 billion VND. The average contribution of total factor productivity (TFP) to economic growth attains 48%. The growth rate of goods export turnover attains 12.8%. The growth rate of labor productivity (at comparable prices) attains 10.1%. The urbanization rate attains 37.2%.

Colonel Vu Van Dinh, Member of the Provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board, Chief of the Provincial Military Command presents reports and proposals of the Provincial People's Committee to the Session.

Comrade Pham Dong Thuy, Member of the Provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board, Director of the Department of Education and Training presents reports and proposals of the Provincial People's Committee to the Session.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Kien, Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment presents reports and proposals of the Provincial People's Committee to the Session.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Tai, Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Finance presents reports and proposals of the Provincial People's Committee to the Session.

In addition, Hung Yen province aims to have a health insurance coverage rate of 96% by 2026. The rate of working-age labor force participating in social insurance is 52.4%. The rate of people receiving periodic health check-ups is 100%. At least 5,000 new social housing units will be built. The rate of trained workers with degrees and certificates will reach 32.5%. The rate of kindergartens, primary schools, and high schools in both public and non-public sectors meeting national standards will reach 89.5%, of which 93.6% of kindergartens, primary schools, and public general schools will meet national standards. The rate of multidimensional poverty will get 0.8%. To strive for 20 communes to meet the new-style rural criteria according to the National Criteria for New-style Rural Communes for the period of 2026 - 2030. The rate of families achieving the title of "Cultural Family" will attain over 90%. The rate of households using clean, hygienic water reaches 99%. The rate of waste treatment ensuring standards and regulations, in which urban areas reach 92% and rural areas at 90%. The rate of hazardous waste collected and safely treated according to regulations gets 100%...

To achieve the set goals, Hung Yen province has proposed key solutions, including developing and organizing the implementation of the Project to build Hung Yen province into a modern industrial province, among the leading provinces in the country in the period of 2026 - 2030, with a vision to 2045; implementing research and developing a Project to establish a Free Economic Zone when permitted by competent authorities; establishing a Project to adjust the general planning for the construction of the Economic Zone on the basis of the Free Economic Zone approved by competent authorities; the mechanisms and policies to encourage and support investment in the Economic Zone and Free Economic Zone in the period of 2026 - 2030; strongly developing a modern, smart, sustainable urban system associated with the development of urban economy and high-quality services, trade, and tourism; developing and implementing the 2026 - 2030 medium-term public investment plan in a focused and key direction, concentrating investment on strategic breakthroughs, sectors, fields, and localities that are driving forces for development; building a diverse commercial infrastructure system, harmoniously combining traditional trade with modern one; developing green, clean, ecological agriculture, applying high technology, large-scale production, high added value, building geographical indications, product brands, issuing codes for growing and raising areas; fundamentally and comprehensively innovating and improving the quality of education and training; making breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation, digital transformation; effectively implementing policies to support vocational training and job creation for workers; developing human resources, developing culture to truly become the foundation, endogenous strength, and driving force for development; building an honest, active, responsible, serving, effective, efficient government, and truly of the people, by the people, and for the people; accelerating the implementation of digital government construction...

At the meeting, the Provincial People's Committee submitted to the Provincial People's Council for consideration, comments, and approval of many submissions, reports, and draft resolutions. These are all key contents, directly affecting people's lives and creating important legal basis for the implementation of tasks in 2026 as well as the entire period of 2026 - 2030.

This afternoon (December 8), the Provincial People's Council continued the agenda of the first working day of the meeting. The Boards of the Provincial People's Council reported on the examination of submissions and draft resolutions presented at the meeting. After that, the delegates discussed in groups.